2 volumes (xxxv, 2464 pages) : 29 cm

Today, nurses must be able to transfer their knowledge to new situations, and stay current with new disorders, treatments, and evidence-based practice. Nursing: A Concept?Based Approach to Learning, Volume I, Second Edition will help them achieve all these goals. Its concept-based approach requires students to participate actively, assume more responsibility for their knowledge, integrate concepts, apply information, and use clinical reasoning. Instead of memorizing thousands of alterations, students gain in-depth knowledge of selected alterations, and learn how to apply that knowledge as new challenges and client presentations come their way. The first of two volumes, this fully-updated Volume I focuses on 21 crucial biophysical concepts: acid-base balance; cellular regulation; comfort; digestion; elimination; fluids/electrolytes; health, wellness, and illness; immunity; infection; inflammation; intracranial regulation; metabolism; mobility; nutrition; oxygenation; perfusion; perioperative care; sensory perception; sexuality; thermoregulation, and tissue integrity. These concepts are illuminated with nearly 100 exemplars covering the entire lifespan

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

V. 1. Part I: The individual domain. Introduction to concept-based learning -- Acid-base balance -- Addiction behaviors -- Cellular regulation -- Cognition -- Comfort -- Culture -- Development -- Diversity -- Elimination -- Family -- Fluids and electrolytes -- Grief and loss -- Health, wellness, illness -- Immunity -- Infection -- Inflammation -- Intracranial regulation -- Metabolism -- Mobility -- Mood & affect -- Oxygenation -- Perfusion -- Reproduction -- Self -- Sensory perception -- Sexuality -- Spirituality -- Stress and coping -- Thermoregulation -- Tissue integrity -- Violence--v. 2. Part II: The nursing domain. Assessment -- Caring intervention -- Clinical decision making -- Collaboration -- Communication -- Managing care -- Professional behaviors -- Teaching and learning -- Part III: The health care domain. Accountability -- Advocacy -- Ethics -- Evidence-based practice -- Health care systems -- Health policy -- Informatics -- Legal issues -- Quality improvement -- Safety

Today, nurses must be able to transfer their knowledge to new situations, and stay current with new disorders, treatments, and evidence-based practice. Nursing: A Concept?Based Approach to Learning, Volume I, Second Edition will help them achieve all these goals. Its concept-based approach requires students to participate actively, assume more responsibility for their knowledge, integrate concepts, apply information, and use clinical reasoning. Instead of memorizing thousands of alterations, students gain in-depth knowledge of selected alterations, and learn how to apply that knowledge as new challenges and client presentations come their way. The first of two volumes, this fully-updated Volume I focuses on 21 crucial biophysical concepts: acid-base balance; cellular regulation; comfort; digestion; elimination; fluids/electrolytes; health, wellness, and illness; immunity; infection; inflammation; intracranial regulation; metabolism; mobility; nutrition; oxygenation; perfusion; perioperative care; sensory perception; sexuality; thermoregulation, and tissue integrity. These concepts are illuminated with nearly 100 exemplars covering the entire lifespan

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